Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
David Gomberg
Sponsored
Became law7
Encourages schools to provide instruction on preparing for, and recovering from, fires, earthquakes, safety threats and natural disasters.
Requires Oregon Health and Science University to annually publish on website of university certain information related to research using nonhuman primates.
Expands list of individuals whose histories, contributions and perspectives are required to be included in social studies academic content standards and in related textbooks and instructional materials.
Establishes Oregon Abandoned and Derelict Vessel program in Department of State Lands to address abandoned and derelict vessels.
Prohibits retail pet store from offering to sell or selling dogs or cats.
Authorizes holder of certain water right certificates that authorize storage of water for municipal use to change authorized point of diversion and place of use without losing priority of right under specified circumstances.
Allows Arts Program to use up to five percent of value of Trust for Cultural Development Account for certain administrative purposes.
Out of committee9
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Fish and Wildlife Commission and Department of State Lands to implement Ocean Policy Advisory Council recommendations to develop adaptive management and social monitoring program to support marine reserves.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for purpose of funding grant program related to establishments that process and sell meat products.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of awarding grants for formation, improvement and operation of small business development centers .
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be expended on various projects.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy.
Allocates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants to county fair operators in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on county fair operators' earned revenue.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grant to Regional Rural Revitalization Strategies Consortium to plan for and develop housing.
Establishes program within Higher Education Coordinating Commission for supporting strategic investments in maritime workforce development programs and activities.
Prohibits wagering on greyhound races.
In committee9
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants for improving emergency fuel or water storage capacity of essential facilities located in tsunami inundation zones.
Prescribes sentence of 58 to 130 months' imprisonment if person convicted of unlawful delivery of controlled substance that results in death of another person from use of controlled substance.
Prohibits person from using dogs to hunt or pursue lynx or bobcats.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to conduct study of economic development in Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Marine Board and Department of State Lands for salvage, towing, storage and disposal of abandoned vessels and derelict vessels.
Allows counties to not consider vacation occupancies as nonconforming uses.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to fail to engage in good faith, interactive process to determine possible reasonable accommodations that employer may provide to qualified individual with disability.
Authorizes temporary deferral of property taxes on homesteads rebuilt after 2020 wildfires in amount by which taxes exceed 103 percent of property taxes on destroyed homestead for 2020-2021 property tax year.
Permits candidates to have name listed in more than one place on general election ballot if nominated for same office by multiple political parties.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Declares intent of Legislative Assembly to displace competition under state action doctrine to allow public cargo or passenger port located in this state and any other public port, including member of Northwest Marine Terminal Association, to coordinate, reach agreements on and implement action that is within port's authority, including actions to specify rates and charges, rules, practices and procedures with respect to cargo and passenger service operations and planning, development, management, marketing, operations and uses of public port facilities.
Passed the Senate1
Provides that state agency that accepts or collects payment by means of credit card or debit card may add fee or surcharge to sum of payment in amount that is reasonably calculated to offset amounts charged to or withheld from state agency for accepting credit card or debit card as payment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights.
Instructs State Fire Marshal to establish Rural Structural Fire Protection Review Committee to review certain provisions concerning structural fire protection and report on review and related recommendations to one or more relevant committees or interim committees of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2024.
Declares children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind have same rights and potential as children who are not deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind.
Modifies Department of Justice crime victim compensation program.
Defines terms.
Creates Oregon tax subtraction for amounts of personal casualty loss that are barred from deduction on federal tax return because loss is not attributable to federally declared disaster.
Extends time during which recreational vehicle may be sited on lot with single-family dwelling that was damaged by natural disaster.
Cancels outstanding ad valorem property taxes and interest assessed on property transferred from federal government to port district.
Requires insurer to offer 70 percent of coverage insured previously purchased for contents of residence to insured who holds policy of personal insurance without requiring inventory of loss if total loss of contents occurs as result of major disaster.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive fee for Fallen Hero roadside memorial highway sign if applicant is Gold Star Family member and funds are appropriated or otherwise made available to department for purpose of paying fees.
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Clarifies process of Senate confirmation of members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Preserves additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts if certain conditions are met.
Establishes Task Force on Tribal Consultation and specifies task force membership.
Prohibits manufacturer from selling or offering to sell cosmetic developed through use of cosmetic animal test.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to support replacement, reconstruction or rehabilitation of residential units damaged or destroyed by disaster and to support recovery of residents of such housing.
Allows local government to adopt land use exception to Goal 16 under certain conditions for applications for deep draft navigation channel improvements in Oregon International Port of Coos Bay.
Allows affordable housing on lands zoned for commercial uses within urban growth boundaries.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy.
Out of committee · 11
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to distribute to Oregon cultural organizations in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on organization finances.
Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish grant program to provide grants to water suppliers to protect, restore or enhance sources of drinking water.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board as semi-independent state agency to develop and promote Oregon's distilled spirits industry.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department and Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants and loans for housing.
Creates Oregon Soil Health Initiative.
Requires schools to have wireless panic alert device in each classroom of each school building.
Prohibits person from using specified types of animals in traveling animal act.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for allocation to Oregon State University through Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for specified purposes related to zoonotic disease.
Requires Oregon Tourism Commission to establish and administer grant program to promote, develop and sustain opportunities for agricultural tourism in rural communities in this state.
Creates crime of interfering with an investigation into an offense against an animal.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to recipients for industrial lands projects.
In committee · 9
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Increases penalties for assault committed against parks and recreation employees.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Parks and Recreation Department for continued development of Oregon Coast Trail.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from imposing effluent limitations or other requirements in seafood processing wastewater permit that are more stringent than requirements established under federal law or that would result in substantial and widespread economic and social impacts on coastal communities.
Requires Department of Transportation to study issues related to abandoned recreational vehicles.
Establishes immunity from prosecution for theft in first degree and civil liability for nonprofit animal rescue entity that takes possession of, keeps and disposes of cat or dog as provided in Act.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to use singular formula to provide funds for local public health initiatives.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment.